Bassett Family Association Database

Mary Narcissas Dillard

Female 1858 - 1954  (~ 96 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Mary Narcissas Dillard 
    Born Oct 1858  Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID D1749932BC5FE7458ECC3EC49BCCA6AE6E32 
    Died Nov 1954  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Federal Census of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (June 11, 1900)
      Herbert Bass - 43 - Male - Jan 1857 - NC-NC-NC - Head - Tobacconist
      Mary - 41 - Female - Oct 1858 - NC-NC-NC - Wife
      Edwin J. - 10 - Male - Oct 1889 - NC-NC-NC - Son - At school
      Mary A. - 7 - Female - Jun 1892 - NC-NC-NC - Daughter - At school
      Maude B. - 6 - Female - May 1894 - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
      Thomas W. - 1 - Male - Jan 1899 - NC-NC-NC - Son
      Anna B. Buxton - 14 - Female - Mar 1886 - NC-NC-NC - Niece - At school
      (Married 16 years, 7 children, 4 living)

      Durham Sun, North Carolina
      Tuesday, November 16, 1954
      Mrs. Mary D. Bass
      Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Dillard Bass, 96, of Markham Apartments, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock at Duke Memorial Church. The Reverend E.B. Fisher, pastor, will conduct the rites. Interment will be in the family plot of Maplewood Cemetery.
      Pallbearers will be C.E. Cooke, L.W. Hannen, S.J.U. Angier, E.S. Swindell Jr., Southgate Jones Jr., W.L. Bryan Jr., H. Dillard Bass and James C. Williams Jr.
      Mrs. Bass died yesterday at 5:30 p.m. at her home. She was the widow of Herbert Jones Bass, and the daughter of General Terisha Washington Dillard and Mary Elizabeth Dillard.
      She was born at “Edgewood” the home of her grandfather, Colonel William Dillard, in Amherst County, Virginia. She later moved to “Islington” on the banks of the James River in Amherst County, where she spent her girlhood and was married.
      She moved to Durham from Lynchburg, Virginia, with her husband in 1885. Mr. Bass later became a city alderman and a trustee of Trinity College.
      Mrs. Bass, an accomplished musician, was confined to her home during recent years, but continued membership in Duke Memorial Church and the General Davie Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.
      Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Maude Bass Heflin of the home; two sons, Edwin Yates Bass of Richmond, Virginia, and Thomas Dillard Bass of Greensboro; and five great-grandchildren.
    Person ID I8  Bass95 Daniel Bass of Virginia
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2019 

    Father General Terisha Washington Dillard 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth 
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Major Herbert Jones Bass, Sr.,   b. 31 Jan 1857, Appomattox County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1911, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 3 Oct 1883  Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Terry Bass,   b. Abt 1884,   d. 1884  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Herbert Jones Bass, Jr.,   b. Abt 1886,   d. 1886  (Age ~ 0 years)
     3. Herbert Dillard Bass,   b. 22 Jun 1887, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1900, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
     4. Edwin Yates Bass,   b. 22 Oct 1889, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1965, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     5. Mary Alice Bass,   b. Jun 1892, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Maude Dillard Bass,   b. May 1894, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1956  (Age ~ 61 years)
    +7. Thomas Dillard Bass,   b. 3 Jan 1899, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1966, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart